Over on the Boston Local Food Festival blog I’ve got a post up about Blue Heron Organic Farm in Lincoln. Ellery Kimball, the woman who runs it, is possibly the nicest person I’ve ever met, and so full of energy that she makes what I’m sure is back-breaking work look fun. I didn’t have space [...]

JJ Gonson, the personality behind Cuisine en Locale and the ONCE dinners, has started up a shared food program. It’s much like a CSA, but with fully prepared meals instead of raw produce. Even better, the meals are delivered to you once a week by bicycle. There’s no vegetarian option yet, so I can’t take [...]

Sharon’s claim that a cherry tomato plant was a really easy way to grow fresh veggies sounded so good, I added cherry tomatoes to my porch container garden, previously all herbs. She also sent me instructions on how to make a homemade Earthbox, which is a self-watering planter. You fill the reservoir on bottom once [...]

Another guest post by Sharon Tomasulo, from Library Hungry. Enjoy! I do consider myself an environmentalist, but I eat too much meat, drive too big a car, and am far too lazy to call myself a good one. I want to be a good steward of the earth, but more in the way I want to [...]

I started using a reusable cup just in time: This Friday, Starbucks is offering free beverages to people who bring in their own cups. Of course, this doesn’t absolve them of all responsibility for the trash they generate the rest of the year. But though I don’t see people using reusable cups in Starbucks very [...]